She died in June, 1991, just sixth months short of her 100th birthday and it’s from her materials that the story is told.

With Microsoft’s Bill Gates now trying to eradicate polio, and just days after watching Helen Hunt impressing so much in polio movie The Sessions, I found myself wanting to know more about Roosevelt’s battle with the disease.

Not least how the Press corps played along with his desire to be seen to be ‘normal’.

In this respect, FDR’s story is strikingly relevant to how Paralympians strive so hard today to correct our perception of ‘disability’, while having King George VI stammering just week’s before the date of The King’s Speech on September 3 reminded me of the superior Colin Firth film.